Why Am I So Tired?

(Are You Living Every Day With That Question Like I Was?)

I have a little analog alarm clock by my bed.

Every morning for years when I had to wake up for school and then work,my alarm would go off, I would groggily look at the time and move the alarm setting forward a few centimeters so I could get in another 2 to 3 minutes of sleep.

2 to 3 minutes would go by, then the alarm would go off again.

Guess what I would do then?

Yep, move the alarm a few centimeters ahead so I could get another 2 to 3 min of sleep.

Then the alarm would go off again.

I’d repeat this process four or five times right up until the point where my life absolutely depended on me getting out of bed.

And then I’d be late.

I basically repeated this process for about 15 years.

Guess what those extra 10 minutes fleeting sleep got me? Nothing. I’d walk through the day like a zombie just like the day before.

Starting from about a year ago, I now wake up with no alarm at all. (I still have the little clock but I don’t ever have to hear it’s horrific sound anymore )

I went through the same phase that I think everyone else goes through who deals with constant tiredness.

Trying to treat the symptoms.

Coffee. Oversleeping. And the new craze…Energy drinks. (I also went through a thoroughly enjoyable iced coffee phase for a long time… But unfortunately it still led to caffeine crashes)

I also tried to go the healthy route and try drinking leaders of “greens +” everyday. (Not the tastiest route and also didn’t treat the root of the problem.)

so what helped me in the end?

Education.

The main reason I was feeling tired all the time was because I didn’t understand how sleep worked.

When you’re sleeping you go through 5 stages of sleep. In these various stages of sleep your brain waves shift and change.

It turns out these sleep stages are incredibly important in terms of whether you go through the day tired or not. You must complete two specific parts of this sleep cycle in order to avoid excessive tiredness during the day.

The most important stages of sleep are the Deep Sleep phases. You must complete these phases and not interrupt them by waking up. When you are woken up forcefully in the middle of one of these deep sleep phases by your alarm you will be tired the rest of the day.

The problem is these deep sleep stages repeat throughout your sleep cycle and are of different lengths for different people. The key is to discover the lengths of your personal sleep cycle. It’s easier said than done but it’s what has solved my tiredness problem. I have managed to isolate the exact amount of minutes my body needs to go through one of these cycles.

Mine is 108 minutes. A person’s sleep cycle can be between 60 and 120 minutes. (The norm is 90 minutes)

It’s crucial to know your exact “cycle time” in order to create a “personal sleep program” unique to you.

There are a few tricks on how to create a sleep program based on your personal sleep cycle lengths.

I created my sleep program by following the guidelines of Sleep Specialist Tina Hagen’s eBook: The End Tiredness Program.

The main core of the program is the sleep program itself. The book basically takes you step by step through how to create a unique, personalized sleep program that will let you get the exact amount of sleep for your body. The trick is knowing “to the minute” how long your various sleep cycles last. This book teaches you how to find that information out.

Just to be be clear I did have a tiredness problem. I did buy Hagen’s End Tiredness Program eBook. And it IS what has solved my tiredness problem.

The core of the program is based around the sleep program itself, however the book is extensive and it goes over a bunch of other factors that also apply to tiredness. The book is 143 pages long and is packed with useful, step by step content.

As Rita Hagen explains, over 90% of tiredness problems can be laid at the feet of incorrect sleeping behavior but there are other factors that can play a part. The End Tiredness Program goes into detail on what these other factors are and how you can deal with them. Here’s what the book tackles:

• Physical Inactivity => Specific Plans To Implement
• Stress => Relaxation Methods To Combat Stress
• Dehydration => How To Properly Track And Maintain Your Water Intake
• Stimulants => What’s Sabotaging Your Energy
• Nutrition => Specific Nutrition Plans To Increase Energy

The most effective part of the book in my mind is the Sleep Program itself (Which is the core of the book) and three other chapters:

• How to create a “sleep  routine”. This creates a pattern in your brain that leads to more consistent and effective sleep.
• How to take the proper “Power Nap”. There’s a specific way to take naps that I was totally unaware of. (This was key)
• How to create optimal sleeping conditions.

After going through the program the best thing that came out of it for me, on top of eliminating tiredness throughout the day was the fact that I ended up knocking 2 hours off my nights of sleep.

I now wake up 2 hours earlier and feel way less tired! It’s sweet!

NOTE: There are several medical conditions that can lead to tiredness, so if you go through the “End Tiredness Program” and you still can’t shake the tiredness, be sure to check in with your doctor. However, for most people the program will do the trick…

This is an honest recounting of what I did to get rid of my constant tiredness and I hope you check out the End Tiredness Program because it’s what gave me back all my daily energy. Not only that but imaging getting up without an alarm 2 hours earlier than usual and being LESS tired!

==> Click Here To Learn More About The End Tiredness Program By Sleep Specialist Rita Hagen

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